The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-02-10

ton makes it new instrument which |
must take the usual course and again come |
before the Senate for ratification should /
the Hawaiian Government and United |
States Executive concur This is made |
perfectly clear by the terms of
THE PRESIDENTS REPLY TO THE RESOLUTION
OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
Which was published in the ADVERTISER
of the 7th instant. 1t is contained in the
following dispatch:
WAsHISGToN, February 1st.-The Presi-
dent to-day sent the following message to
the House:
In response TO a resolution OF the House
of Representatives, adopted the 9th ult.,
calling upon me for copy OF the treaty or
convention proposed to the Senate and rat
flied by that body, between the United
States and the Government of the Hawaii
an Islands, transmit herewith the report
of the Secretary OF State, with the accom-
panying papers, 1t is proper to remark in
this relation that no convention whatever
has been agreed to and ratified by the
President and Senate as is recited in the
preamble to said resolution OF the House
referred to exhibiting the action of the Elk
ecutive and Senate respectively are COM
muncated in compliance with the request
OF the resolution.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
The report OF the Secretary of State,
which accompanies this communication,
embodies the text OF the supplementary
treaty extending the Hawaiian Reciprocity
Treaty seven years, and a transcript OF the
proceedings of the Senate OF Janu-
airy GOTH which day resolu-
ton WAS adopted ratifying the treaty, but
With an amendment ceding Pearl River
Harbor to the United States as d coaling
station.
The explanation of this apparent contra
dictiOn seems to be that the amendment
made by the Senate requires the approval
of the Executive and action by the Ha-
waiian authorities before the transaction
| can be considered completed. The Presi-
dent seems to have been at liberty
| to state to the House that certain things
! had not been done, and also to commune
cate certain papers which were directly
! called for but under the rules and
current practice regarding Executive
| business in which the Senate take part, he
was prohibited from commenting on the
matter further or entering into an explain
| alton.
WASHINGTON COMMENTS.
The following dispatch appeared i'll the
| San Francisco "Examner:'
( WASHINGTON, January goth. action
! of the Senate in ratifying the Hawaiian
Treaty to-day is regarded by politicians
| here tonight as the wisest course under
! the circumstances this Government could
! pursue. There were no party differences
upon the subject, such leading Senators as
! Morgan of Alabama and Edmonds of Yer
mont being the chief advocates of the pro
| position. There is considerable gossip,
! however, regarding the amendment to the
| treaty giving the United States the use of
! Pearl River HarbOr as a cOaling station
! The existing treaty expressly excludes all
| nations but ourselves from establishing
! themselves not only in Pearl River,
but in any other harbor or port in the
. islands.
| 1t is openly charged that there is big
| internal improvement job in this Pearl
! River business. In 1888 two distinguished
/ engineer officers made an examination of
| this harbOr. They thought that for $25-
! 600 900 it could be made a magnificent and
| secure haibor for a fleet. As We, have no
! ships, and as We have and have long had a
| convenient and good coal station at Homo
| lulu, good many curious people are Won
| dering tonight just what significance there
! is in this amendment
PRESS COMMENTS.
! The San Francisco Press have had a
! pretty lively time disputing over the Sen
ate action regarding the Hawaiian treaty
| As might be expected, the "Chronicle" is
bitterly opposed to it and denounces the
( whole affair as a job. The annexed ex-
tract from that paper shows the spirit in
! which it writes:
I'VE do not find any difficulty in deter
mining the significance of the amendment
/ The people of this State who have seen and
/ known the way in which facts and figures
| have been distorted for the benefit of the
/ few who derive the profit from so-called
! reciprocity, and who hold a mortgage upon
/ the Hawaiian Kingdom, know very well
that the security has been seriously I'M
I paired, that the Kingdom is impoverished,
that it is even now attempting to secure a
/ loan of 50 100000 to make up the deficit
in its revenue, and that unless
something comes to its relief. its
days as an independent political body are
numbered.
We who know the history of events in
that Kingdom for the last few years can
cnlighten the curious folk at Washington
As TO the real significance of expanding a
few millions on the island of Oahu to make
a harbor where none now exists, and is not
needed, and to fortify a coal station which
would never be used by the United States
Navy. If We had navy. The purpose is
, two-fold 1t IS intended to bolster up the
failing credit of King Kalakaua and his
realm, so that he can play at being King
for Few years longer and in addition to
enable some hungry LOBBYIST at Washing
ton to make toll out OF the vanishing mill
ions, and 10 line their pockets al the ex-
pense Of the Government. 1t is intended
to put the Hawaiian Kingdom into a state
of apparent solvency, so that those whose
investments there are apparently losing
h. II.,I to Out *